Isabella Rossellini Quotes

Every movie has its uniqueness. You just do your best and go with it.

Making a film is very hard work, and you live or die by the sword just a little bit every time you do it, but I wouldn't chuck it in.

So I try to re-invent my own eye every time I tackle a new subject. But it's hard, because everybody has style. You can't help it.

Producing is the hardest of the three because there is almost no closure. Every time you solve a problem, another one pops up. Directing is second, and acting is the most fun.

We try our best every time to make engaging films that we're interested in, and we just hope the rest of the world likes them.

The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something. What nurtures this root and makes it grow into a tree is the script. What makes the tree bear flowers and fruit is the directing.

In film, you're painting a canvas. I got really excited about that.

As a director, you try to find what is creative.

For me the most moving moment came when I first started working on 2001. I was already in awe of him, and he had very much already become Stanley Kubrick by the time the film started.

You become the movie you are making.

All the films I do, I write the scripts, I direct.

I just see myself as a guy who's trying to make a film or, make art.

Films are not mathematics - that's the first thing you need to understand. At least, that's how I feel. They are not words on paper. Films are made with people, with teams and with individual bundles of creativity coming together to fulfill the vision of an individual who is the director of the film.

I've never actually directed anything I haven't made up. I've never adapted anything.

The best films come about through experimentation.

I would love to do more films. I really like the whole process of doing that. I like how close you become to everybody.

When you make a movie, you can only make the movie that you would want to see.

Everything I've ever written, I had a very distinct vision of what I wanted it to look like. But, other directors never do it that way.

All these directors, and I would include the Coen brothers and Quentin, have a very unique vision of what they want. They listen to ideas and make people feel like everyone is making the film.

Obviously I'd love to work with any of these great directors because every time I've worked with them I've gained a tremendous amount as an actor. Each director has his own way of pushing you towards improving yourself.

Essentially, we wanted to be in one of Azazel's films, so the notion was we'd simply write an Azazel Jacobs movie ourselves, and then give it to him and be like, 'Right, here's you next film, now direct us. Go.'

No two directors make the same film the same way.

Directors are our teachers, and I'm always craving to work with a great director. They're pretty much the first thing that interests me about a project. Let's put it this way: It'll take me a lot longer to read a script if there's no director attached.

I just love being on a movie set. I like making movies.

The most important thing as a filmmaker, the hardest journey you'll have, is to find your point of view.